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Title: Judy

Author: Temple Bailey

Release Date: March 14, 2006 [EBook #17982]

Language: English

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JUDY

BY

TEMPLE BAILEY

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS -------- NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1907

by Little, Brown & Company

To my father

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE JUDGE AND JUDY
II. ANNE GOES TO TOWN
III. IN THE JUDGE'S GARDEN
IV. "YOUR GRANDMOTHER, MY DEAR"
V. TOO MANY COOKS
VI. A RAIN AND A RUNAWAY
VII. TOMMY TOLLIVER: SEAMAN
VIII. A WHITE SUNDAY
IX. A BLUE MONDAY
X. MISTRESS MARY
XI. THE PRINCESS AND THE LILY MAID
XII. LORDLY LAUNCELOT
XIII. A FORTUNE AND A FRIGHT
XIV. A PRECIOUS PUSSY CAT
XV. THE SPANISH COINS
XVI. THE WIND AND THE WAVES
XVII. MOODS AND MODELS
XVIII. JUDY KEEPS A PROMISE
XIX. PERKINS CLEANS THE SILVER
XX. ANNE HEARS A BURGLAR
XXI. CAPTAIN JUDY
XXII. THE CASTAWAYS
XXIII. IN A SILVER BOAT
XXIV. "HOME IS THE SAILOR FROM THE SEA"
XXV. LAUNCELOT BUYS A COW
XXVI. JUDY PLAYS LADY BOUNTIFUL
XXVII. THE SUMMER ENDS

JUDY

CHAPTER I

THE JUDGE AND JUDY

There was a plum-tree in the orchard, all snow and ebony against a sky
of sapphire.

Becky Sharp, perched among the fragrant blossoms, crooned soft nothings
to herself. Under the tree little Anne lay at full length on the
tender green sod and dreamed daydreams.

"Belinda," she said to her great white cat, "Belinda, if we could fly
like Becky Sharp, we would all go to Egypt and eat our lunch on the top
of the pyramids."

Belinda, keeping a wary eye on a rusty red robin on a near-by stump,
waved her tail conversationally.

"They used to worship cats in Egypt, Belinda," Anne went on, drowsily,
"and when they died they preserved them in sweet spices and made
mummies of them--"

But Belinda had lost interest. The rusty red robin was busy with a
worm, and she saw her chance.

As she sneaked across the grass, Anne sat up, "I'm ashamed of you,